Re: [R] degrees of freedom in a LME model

2003-06-30 Thread Douglas Bates
Federico Calboli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear All, I am analysing some data for a colleague (not my data, gotta be published so I cannot divulge). My response variable is the number of matings observed per day for some fruitlies. My factors are: Day: the observations were taken on

Re: [R] degrees of freedom in a LME model

2003-06-30 Thread Federico Calboli
Dear Prof. Bates, Thank you for your reply. I did actually check the book at pages 89-92, but I have to say I found it a bit cryptic, if not downright confusing, for a genetist like me. Any day of the week. To use the example in the book, I cannot see why MACHINE is inner to WORKER. Or where

[R] degrees of freedom in a LME model

2003-06-26 Thread Federico Calboli
Dear All, I am analysing some data for a colleague (not my data, gotta be published so I cannot divulge). My response variable is the number of matings observed per day for some fruitlies. My factors are: Day: the observations were taken on 9 days Regime: 3 selection regimes Line: 3 replicates